The need for more effective environmental monitoring of the open and coastal ocean has
recently led to notable advances in satellite ocean color technology and algorithm research …

The composition and dynamics of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in natural
waters has been the subject of study for decades. However, renewed interest in CDOM …

A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the
trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit …

Impacts of global climate change on terrestrial ecosystems are imperfectly constrained by
ecosystem models and direct observations. Pervasive ecosystem transformations occurred …

Sargassum washing ashore on the beaches of the Caribbean Islands since 2011 has
caused problems for the local environments, tourism, and economies. Although preliminary …

Various types of floating algae have been reported in open oceans and coastal waters, yet
accurate and timely detection of these relatively small surface features using traditional …

Ocean color satellites have provided a synoptic view of global phytoplankton for over 25
years through near surface measurements of the concentration of chlorophyll a. While …

Abstract Ocean Water Quality (OWQ) monitoring provides insights into the quality of water in
marine and near-shore environments. OWQ measurements can contain the physical …

Ecosystem processes are important determinants of the biogeochemistry of the ocean, and
they can be profoundly affected by changes in climate. Ocean models currently express …

Cyanobacteria can generate molecules hazardous to human health, but production of the
known cyanotoxins is taxonomically sporadic. For example, members of a few genera …